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    Middleton moor next week ?

    QDanT
    QDanT


    Join date : 2011-05-29
    Location : Earby used to be in Yorkshire

    Middleton moor next week ? Empty Middleton moor next week ?

    Post  QDanT Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:14 am

    Thought I'd Bump this as I still haven't visited, the weather looks unsettled for this week but may be a visit next ?

    https://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/t455-middleton-moor

    QDanT wrote:Thought I'd post this here ? as though I've never been it looks an interesting area just above and to the North of Ilkley

    Middleton moor next week ? Ilkleyandflags

    the Red Flags and there Grid Ref's are :-

    01 - Large rock with cup marks and cup and ring on Foldshaw Ridge 810m ESE of Wards End,----- SE11285167
    02 - Small rock with four cup marks and a large hewn rock with one cupmark on Foldshaw Ridge 830m ESE of Wards End, ----- SE11305166
    03 - Three carved rocks near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 870m ESE of Wards End,----- SE11325159
    04 - Rock with cup marks in SE face near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 860m ESE of Wards End, ----- SE11315161
    05 - Two carved rocks, one dome-shaped and one ridged, near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 880m ESE of Wards End, ----- SE11355159
    06 - Cup, ring and groove marked rock at E end of the low ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 980m ESE of Wards End,----- SE11365129
    07 - Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, ----- SE11355158
    08 - Rock with two deep cup marks N of track along Foldshaw Ridge, 460m SW of the shooting shelter,----- SE11345170
    09 - Cup and groove marked rock on flat ground S of Foldshaw Ridge, 510m SSW of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11495158
    10 - Rock with seven cup marks enclosed by a groove S of Foldshaw Ridge, 490m S of shooting shelter, ----- SE11565163
    11 Rock with a complex design of small cup marks and shallow grooves S of Foldshaw Ridge, 440m south of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11575164
    12 - Cup and ring marked rock between track and grouse butt N of Dryas Dike, 620m S of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11605146
    13 - Partially quarried cup and groove marked rock between track and wall at E end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m S of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11615161
    14 - Cup marked rock N of track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m SSE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11655162
    15 - Rock with one cup mark in track at E end of Foldshaw Ridge, 480m SSE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11675161
    16 - Carved rock and two cairns 180m ESE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11755203
    17 - Cup, ring and grooved rock W of the path between Black Hill and Loftshaw Gill, 300m NNE of the shooting shelter,----- SE11725236
    18 - Cup and groove marked rock, 310m NE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11775234
    19 - Cairn on west flank of High Black Hill, 210m ENE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11835215
    20 - Rock with one large cup mark on the S slope of High Black Hill, 330m E of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11915214
    21 - Cup, ring and groove marked rock on S slope of High Black Hill, 350m E of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11935211
    22 - Cairn and carved rock on High Black Hill, 410m ENE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE11985220
    23 - Cup marked rock on slope, 480m ENE of the shooting shelter, ----- SE12055219
    24 - Cup and groove marked rock on S slope of High Black Hill, 750m N of March Ghyll Reservoir, ----- SE12105208
    25 - Cup, ring and groove marked rock near ford across Whinthorn Ridge Gill 430m NNE of March Ghyll Reservoir, ----- SE12415169
    26 - Two cup marked rocks between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 810m ESE of Blackhill House, ----- SE10915129
    27 - Cup and groove marked rock on slope S of Delves Beck 870m E of Moor End Farm, ----- SE10905116
    28 - Five carved rocks grouped between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 840m ESE of Blackhill House,----- SE10935126
    29 - Prominent rock with one cup mark at apex on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 830m ESE of Blackhill House,---- SE10935130
    30 - Rock with eight cups and two long grooves on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 870m ESE of Blackhill House,---- SE10975127
    31 - Rock with many cup marks on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 880m ESE of Blackhill House,---- SE10985128
    32 - Rock with one cup mark 860m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor SE11315200
    33 - Cup and ring marked rock known as LangbarRock 750m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor SE11185205

    here's a more detailed map

    Middleton moor next week ? Middletonflags

    and a couple of aerial shots

    Middleton moor next week ? Middletonmoor1

    of the two main clusters

    Middleton moor next week ? Middletonmoor2


    So if there's any interest ? It could maybe turn into a TNA days outing
    Any comment's -- cheers all Danny

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